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Ahaa!I see you've found the old "all sportspeople are not heroes (because some of them are misogynist bastards), therefore no sportspeople are heroes" argument lying behind the couch.

That one's a particularly dusty ball of fluff. Nobody is seriously suggesting that all sportspeople are heroes. Besides, replace "sportspeople" with "politician", "doctor", "writer" or any other word and you'll see why it's a stupid argument.

Besides, what does Cadel Evans' status-or-not as hero have to do with Matty Johns' (or any other footballer's) misdeeds? Precisely nothing! That's just irrelevant FUD.

If Cadel is a hero to some people then that's the argument over. He may not be a hero to you, but so what?